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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; C25D / ; C25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136201 ; 136230 ; 1362361 ; 204484 ; 204499 ; 204500 ; 204507 ; 204509 ; 205316 ; 205333 ; 4271263 ; 427226 ; 4274346 ; 427435 ;
Abstract
A metal oxide layer is provided around a thermocouple element. The metal oxide layer is formed by preparing a sol, in which particulates of a metal oxide are dispersed, by a sol-gel method, dipping the thermocouple element in this sol, energizing the thermocouple element as a cathode for bonding the precursor particulates of the metal oxide thereto, and heat treating the same. The thermocouple according to the present invention is compact with a thin insulating layer, excellent in flexibility, and provides no gas adsorption source.